Organizations such as the Arms Control Association and Global Zero have crafted plans that could save hundreds of billions of dollars over the next three decades while maintaining a robust nuclear deterrent.
Analysis
Stephen F. Cohen: Will Russia Be Driven from the West?
We can only guess whether or not any of the Democratic candidates would as president seek to reverse Russia’s drift away from the West—the one candidate who says she would do so, Tulsi Gabbard, was excluded from the debates.
Daniel R. DePetris: Tearing up the Open Skies Treaty Would Be a Mistake for Trump
Russian violations notwithstanding, walking away from the Open Skies Treaty will severely hamper Washington’s ability to collect information about Russia’s strategic weapons systems, airframes, missile bases, and army stockpiles.
Daniel Larison: To End Endless Wars, We Must Give Up Hegemony
Any government that presumes to be the world’s hegemon will be fighting somewhere almost all of the time…
Patrick Buchanan: What Will Be America’s Mission In The World?
Can an interventionist foreign policy be sustained after this major depression we have induced to kill the pandemic?
ELN: Group Statement on Nuclear Arms Control
Ahead of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, over 100 members of the European Leadership Network’s network of political, diplomatic and military figures call on leaders at UNGA to address rising nuclear risk, and renew commitments to international nuclear diplomacy and arms control.
Sam Fraser: US should withdraw military from Middle East, end unconditional support for allies, experts say
The real strength of Russia and China’s approaches towards the Middle East, says Stephen Walt, is their willingness to have healthy diplomatic relations with all nations in the region, in contrast to the American adherence to unconditional alliances and seemingly permanent enmities.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: The American public supports New START. Will the Trump administration?
For anyone who thought endorsing arms control was controversial or partisan, a recent survey shows impressive public support for extending the New START treaty, which is otherwise set to expire in 2021.
Asia Times: Crisis offers chance to reset US, Russia relations
The current crisis may represent an opportunity for the United States and Russia to “reset” their diplomatic relations
Michael Kimmage: A Post-Soviet “War and Peace”
What Tolstoy’s Masterwork Explains About Putin’s Foreign Policy.
Ed Lozansky: The world after the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic is in the full swing around the globe and no one can predict when it will be over or at least largely contained. We can only hope and pray that this happens sooner rather than later.
Tony Wood: Putin Suffers Setback in Moscow Election, But Remains Secure Nonetheless
In what many analysts saw as a test for Vladimir Putin’s rule, the Moscow election was a setback of sorts, but the opposition’s orientation towards capitalism undermines its own anti-corruption platform, says Tony Wood.
Katrina vanden Heuvel: What Progressives Can Offer Biden on Foreign Policy
The START Treaty, the last remaining limit on the arms race, expires next February. Democrats could unify behind renewing the new START agreement, and also embrace Elizabeth Warren’s call for a “no first use” declaration of nuclear weapons, helping to move the nuclear confrontation off hair-trigger status.
Paul Robinson: More on Election Meddling….
You may have missed it in the all the excitement around the world, but Canada has a general election coming up in October.
Erik Wemple: The Steele dossier just sustained another body blow. What do CNN and MSNBC have to say?
Christopher Steele told Fusion GPS, the research firm that commissioned his work, that at least 70 percent of the claims in the dossier are accurate. An obvious question arises from that assertion: Which ones?
Patrick Lawrence: The Establishment is Changing its Tune on Russia
Russophobic rhetoric persists in Washington, but a counter-argument is emerging.
The National Interest: Is NATO Still Necessary?
There will inevitably be other global challenges that countries will face together over time. However, NATO at seventy is not the instrument to address them.
Ted Snider: Demythologizing the Roots of the New Cold War
Most histories of the cold war begin at the dawn of the post World War II period. But the history of U.S-U.S.S.R. animosity starts long before that: it starts as soon as possible, and it was hot long before it turned cold.
Mikhail Gorbachev: When The Pandemic Is Over, The World Must Come Together
During the first months of this year, we have seen once again how fragile is our global world, how great the danger of sliding into chaos. The COVID-19 pandemic is facing all countries with a common threat, and no country can cope with it alone.
Nikolas K. Gvosdev: The New Problems with Putin’s Old Political System
There remains no mechanism for selecting a successor to Vladimir Putin or for ensuring that the current system can perpetuate itself through this middle of the twenty-first century.